Holder for pens



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR VA. WEISSENBORN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

HOLDER FOR PENS, BRUSHES, sto.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512, 345, dated January 9, 1894.

Application tiled April 12, 1893. Serial No. 470,096- (llo model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, OSCAR A. WEIssENBOEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at .I ersey City, Hudson county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Pens, Brushes, dac., of

' which the following is a specification.

My invention is a holder which is adapted to general uses, as for a writing pen, paint brush, or other implement of a similar nature, and consists of a tube of paper, forming the stock, and a base usually of Wood, forming the holder proper, with a tenon which is fitted and secured in one end of the paper tube; the article thus obtained possessing the qualities of extremely light weight-which is a desideratum especially iu a pen holderand superior strength,ywhile it is comparatively inexpensive in manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings Figure I represents a partial side view and partial longitudinal section of a pen holder embodying my invention. pFig. II represents a like view of a brush embodying the same. Fig. III represents a plan view of a blank used in making the paper tube. Fig. IV represents an end view of the pen holder. Fig. V represents a cross section of the paper tube. Fig. VI represents a partial side view and partial longitudinal section of a modification of my invention.

Similar'letters of reference indicate similar 4 parts.

AThe letter A indicates the paper tube, and B the base, with tenon C, fitted and secured in one end Of the tube. The tube A, is .preferably made to taper in the direction of its upper end, and in the construction thereof I make use Of a blank, of sector shape, as illustrated in Fig. III, first coating the paper With an adhesive substance and then rolling it around a suitable core, as D, thereby uniting the superimposed layers of the paper; the core beingv subsequently removed, namely, after the tube has been properly stained and polished. f

The exposed part of the base B, is iush and coincides with the surface of the tube A; and I prefer to make the base of wood, and integral With the tenon C, it being turned tO the proper shape; but it may be composed of other rigid material. Said base B, constitutes the holder proper, and when a pen holder, it has the usual pen-receiving-socket, as at e, Fig. IV; and when a brush holder, it has a brush socket f, as of sheet metal, thereon.

When the base B, is used as a penholder its exposed part is covered with a sleeve G, Of felt, cork, rubber, or other elastic material, for rendering it more agreeable to the touch Of the fingers; and in order t0 properly retain this sleeve in position, the holder has a flange iatits lower end, against which the sleeve abuts, as shown. Said fiange t' may be formed on the lower end of the baseI B, or on the lower end of an ordinary wooden or other stock A as shown in Fig. VI.

As Will be apparent, the eect 0f forming the stock of the holder of the paper tube A, is to minimize its weight while rendering it of maximum strength and durability--since a tubular article generally offers a greater resistance to breakage than one of solid formthe tube tending also to lessen the cost of the holder as compared with other constructions.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pen holder, brush holder, or similar article, having the body formed of a paper tube, and the holder proper formed Of the base with a tenon which is fitted and secured in one end of the tube, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. A pen holder, brush holder, or similar article, having the body formed of a paper tube, and the holder proper formed of the Wooden base integral with the tenon which is fit-ted and secured in one end of the tube, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

3. A pen holder, having the flange at its lower end, and Yan elastic sleeve tted on the holder ush'with the surface thereof and so as to abut against the flange, for retaining it in position, substantially as herein described.

4. A pen* holder, having the body formed ot' a paper tube, and the holder proper formed of a wooden base with a fiange at its lower end, a tenon at its upper end, and an elastic sleeve abutting against the flange, the tenon being fitted and secured in one endof the tube, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

OSCAR A. WEISSENBORN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES G. COE, CEAS. WAHLERS.

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